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Devers named
Athlete of the Week - ex-Sweetwater HS (Nat'l City)/UCLA
INDIANAPOLIS - Gail Devers has been named USA Track & Field's
Athlete of the Week following her American record-breaking performance
in the 60 meter hurdles Friday at the 96th Verizon Millrose Games.
Devers ran 7.78 seconds to break Jackie Joyner-Kersee's previous
American record of 7.81, set in 1989. Her world-leading performance in
the 60 meters earned her the 2003 Fred Schmertz Outstanding Performer
Trophy at the Verizon Millrose Games.
Other impressive performers from last week included Olympic pole
vault gold medalist Stacy Dragila, who broke her own, six-day old
American record in the Visa women's pole vault at Millrose, clearing
4.72 meters/15 feet, 5.75 inches. The mark improved on her record of
4.71/15-5.5 set February 1 at the first stop on the 2003 Golden Spike
Tour, the adidas Boston Indoor Games.
Coby Miller turned in a world-leading performance in the men's
60m dash with a time of 6.49 Sunday at the Flanders Indoor Energizer
meet in Ghent, Belgium.
Ryan Shay of Team USA California won the 79th U.S. Men's
Marathon Championship Saturday in Birmingham, Ala. The 23-year-old
Michigan native finished in 2 hours 14 minutes and 29 seconds to claim
a
$12,000 prize purse to win his first U.S. Championship.
Now in its third year, USATF's Athlete of the Week program is
designed to recognize outstanding performers at all levels of the sport.
USATF names a new honoree each week and features the athlete on the
USATF Web site. Selections are based on top performances and results
from the previous week.
2003 USATF Athlete of the Week Winners: January 7, J-Mee Samuels;
January 14, Kevin Toth; January 21, Michelle Collins; January 28,
Natasha Hastings; February 4, Regina Jacobs; February 11, Gail Devers.
BEST INDOOR MARKS FOR WEEK ENDING FEB. 9, 2003
MEN
60: 6.49 Coby Miller (Nike)
Ghent - 2/9 World Leader
200: 20.82 Corey Nelson (Bronco TC)
Boise - 2/8
20.72 (ot) Marquis Davis (Miss. St.)
Lexington - 2/8
400: 46.24 Ashton Collins (Texas)
Boise - 2/8
46.19 (ot) Darold Williamson (Baylor)
Flagstaff - 2/8
800: 1:48.58 Joseph Lee (Kansas St.)
Lincoln - 2/8
Mile: 4:00.84 Daniel Lincoln (Arkansas)
Lincoln - 2/8
3:57.83 (ot) Luke Watson (Notre Dame) Notre
Dame - 2/8
3000: 8:00.91 Dan Browne (Nike) New
York - 2/7
55H: 7.16 Corey Taylor (S. Carolina) and
Gainesville - 2/9
Kenneth Ferguson (S. Carolina)
60H: 7.48 Larry Wade (Nike) New
York - 2/7
HJ: 2.30/7-6.5 Jamie Nieto
Arnstadt - 2/8 - Ex-Golden Valley HS (Merced)
PV: 5.70/18-8.25 Derek Miles (Nike) New York -
2/7 (ex-Bella Vista HS, Fair Oaks)
LJ: 8.21/26-11.25 Dwight Phillips (Nike) Chemnitz -
2/7
TJ: 16.91/55-5.75 Walter Davis (Unattached) Ghent -
2/9
SP: 21.17/69-5.5 Kevin Toth (Nike) Kent - 2/8
35Wt: 22.03/72-3.5 Dan Taylor (Ohio State) Lexington
- 2/8
WOMEN
55: 6.73 Muna Lee (LSU)
Gainesville - 2/9
60: 7.23 Chryste Gaines (Nike - ex-Stanford) and
New
York - 2/7
Angela Williams (Nike -ex Chino HS/USC)
200: 23.85 Rachelle Boone (Indiana)
Bloomington - 2/7
400: 53.63 Demetria Washington (S. Carolina)
Gainesville - 2/9
800: 2:07.66 Hazel Clark (Nike) New
York - 2/7
2:05.54 (ot) Hope Sanders (Indiana Invaders) Kent -
2/8
Mile: 4:42.24 Sonja Friend-Uhl (Unattached)
Gainesville - 2/9
3000: 8:52.14 Sarah Schwald (Nike) Ghent
- 2/9
5000: 16:15.02 Alison Henderson (Wm. & Mary) Chapel
Hill - 2/8
60H: 7.78 Gail Devers (Unattached) New
York - 2/7 American Record - Ex-Sweetwater HS (Nat'l City)/UCLA
HJ: 1.95/6-4.75 Amy Acuff (Asics) and
New York - 2/7- ex-UCLA
Tisha Waller (Nike)
PV: 4.72/15-5.75 Stacy Dragila (Nike) New York
-
2/7 American Record (ex-Placer HS of Auburn)
TJ: 13.64/44-9 Yuliana Perez (Aztec TC)
Flagstaff - 2/8
SP: 17.92/58-9.5 Adriane Blewitt (Ashland) Kent - 2/8
20Wt: 22.80/74-9.75 Anna Norgren Mahon (Nike) New York -
2/7
Pent: 4192 pts. Tiffany Hogan (Unattached)
Pocatello - 2/8
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